Hi, Dave, Jeff, et al.,
I was looking for the BFD WG liaison to BBF and its response. I appreciate
it if you help me to find out what was the BBF response, as the
draft-ietf-bfd-unaffiliated-echo is in the WG LC.

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Greg

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:05 AM David Sinicrope <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Jeff, (Sorry for bouncing around email addresses on you… IT challenges
> this week)
>
> Thanks for clarifying the assertion concerning BBF interest.  Still, given
> the statement in the adoption call and the clear references to TR-146 in
> the draft, it would be a good idea to liaise to BBF, even if brief, and let
> them know of the draft and its relation to TR-146.  It certainly couldn’t
> hurt to have open communication with them on the subject.
>
> Regarding your check with the IESG on the liaison - please proceed as you
> deem appropriate.  I will say, (and apologies if I’m stating well known
> details) that typically liaisons don’t need IESG approval.  They are
> normally crafted/drafted by the WG Chairs, and have some level of review
> and approval by the WG(s) in question or impacted.
>
> I hope this helps find the most expeditious and effective way to proceed.
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:38 Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 05:18:38PM +0000, David Sinicrope wrote:
>> > Sorry, I don't recall our discussion, but then it would have been as
>> long ago as Singapore in Nov 2019 or before.
>> > (Is it possible you spoke with Dave Allan?)
>>
>> That's possible!  As I noted in the thread, my notes from that lunch are
>> missing.  (I have strong words for Microsoft about their support for Mac
>> mail, but that's a different story.)  Whomever I had a conversation with
>> it
>> was in a subterranean warren of lunch venues.  Perhaps that will jar
>> someone's memory of the venue.
>>
>> If you have contact info for Dave Allen I can certainly followup with him.
>>
>> > I can say as the BBF Liaison Manager there have been many past claims of
>> > BBF interest in IETF work without substantiation.  As a result, it has
>> > been key to ensure that any statement of BBF interest in IETF work,
>> > especially if made to encourage action in the IETF, be formally
>> supported
>> > via a liaison.    Searching the Liaison Statements in
>> > Datatracker<https://datatracker.ietf.org/liaison/>, I don't see a
>> liaison
>> > from either the BBF or IETF related to this work.
>>
>> Please note that I don't believe we're asserting that BBF is interested in
>> IETF in doing this work for BBF.  And perhaps the easiest answer we'll
>> converge to is "remove all mention of BBF".
>>
>> That said, throughout the discussion that lead to this draft, it was
>> pointed
>> out to the original authors that they were largely covering the TR-146 use
>> case.  Minimally, making sure we have a BBF statement regarding the IETF
>> work may make sense.
>>
>> > Also, to the best of my knowledge, the issues that this draft addresses
>> > have not been raised in BBF. E.g., a proposal for revision to TR-146 or
>> > related documents.
>>
>> I am not a participant in BBF and have no knowledge of any such
>> communications one way or the other.  Informally, the discussions I have
>> been involved in both with the BFD draft in question and in prior contexts
>> at my employer have mostly been that the BBF procedures are somewhat
>> inspecific and cleaner documented procedures for the use case are desired.
>>
>> > Given the stated overlap and application of the draft to TR-146 (in the
>> adoption call),
>> [...]
>> > I would suggest that a liaison be crafted and sent to the BBF formally
>> > notifying them of this work and inquiring as to the interest in the
>> > content of the draft.  Fortunately, the next BBF meeting where such a
>> > liaison would be addressed and responded to is 29 Nov - 3 Dec 2021.  The
>> > sooner the liaison is sent, the more likely a timely response coming out
>> > of this upcoming meeting.
>>
>> I think we could make such a deadline.  I'll start discussion with our AD
>> to
>> see what the IESG will want for the liaison statement.
>>
>> Meanwhile, I'll see if I can contact Dave Allen to try to get
>> clarification
>> of what we discussed over lunch - if it was him.
>>
>> -- Jeff
>>
> --
> David Sinicrope
> [email protected]
>

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